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PRESIDENT'S CORNER

By David J. Ferry, Jr., Esquire

Y ou probably do not need me to tell you that we live in an ever-evolving society entirely dependent on instantaneous

communication. A quick view of your current surroundings likely demonstrates this point in rather vivid detail. From our smartphones and the numerous readily-available channels of communication perched directly at our fingertips, a future once envisioned as science-fiction is now reality. That said, with these tremendous technological advancements also comes a greater risk. Cybersecurity, in particular, is now an ever-present concern for all of us involved in the digital arena.

As busy attorneys with more work than there is time in a day, cybersecurity has too often been considered an issue best left for our IT departments to handle. However, the threat of countless anony-mous bad actors spread throughout the Internet leaves lawyers and their firms particularly suscep-tible to severe harm. This means we must also be more vigilant in our daily digital practices. Recent ex-amples further paint a stark picture. One recent study showed that nearly 80 per-cent of the largest firms in the U.S. have experienced a malicious cyber breach in the past. Similarly, a promi-nent IT consultant firm

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The most disconcerting areas of law firm cybersecurity risks can be readily broken into four distinct categories. First, and arguably foremost, are the threats posed by a form of hacking oftentimes referred to as phishing. This practice involves the use of fraudulent emails seemingly sent from a reputable source and designed to induce the recipient to reveal sensitive, personal log-in informa-tion, which may hand over a key to con-fidential client information. One recent instance involved the use of a fake PDF file attached to a well-disguised email that directed the recipients to a phishing website. In turn, this allowed the hack-ers the ability to gain access to the email recipients’ personal information.

Second, Malware, including Ransom-ware, poses particularly formidable cyber-security risks. Like phishing, Malware, or malicious software, is another common trick in a hackers’ toolkit, and it does some-times employ email as the vehicle to entry into a closed network. But, it differs from phishing in the means employed to achieve its objective. For example, Malware is usu-ally a program specifically designed to ei-ther damage, disrupt, or access a computer system. Similarly, Ransomware, which is a form of Malware, can be designed to restrict access to a firm’s network until the hacker’s ransom demands are met.

Third, though less clearly defined, the leaking of law firm data is just as much of a cybersecurity risk as the previously men-tioned categories. Because law firms traffic in scores of critical and confidential data, they are heavily targeted by outside forces

wishing to procure such information for nefarious purposes. The aftermath of a data leak can often lead to severe consequences for not just the clients named in the subsequently disclosed information, but for the firm as well, such that it could lead to financial and reputational devastation.

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David J. Ferry, Jr. is the current President of the Delaware State Bar Association. He also serves as Chair of the Court of Chancery Rules Subcommittee for Guardianship, Trusts and Estates, and is a member of the Jurisdiction Improvement Committee, the Professional Guidance Committee, the Board of Directors of Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc., and the Estates & Trusts Section and the Elder Law Section of the DSBA. He has been a member of the Delaware Bar since 1982, and has served on the Executive Committee of the Delaware State Bar Association since 2010. He is a founding partner of the firm of Ferry Joseph, P.A. He can be reached at [email protected].

choose a specific data storage method and take the necessary steps to ensure this is implemented throughout the firm. Next, through either an in-house IT department or outside assistance, firms should establish the proper security tools to monitor and protect network activity, which usually should require two-factor authentication for all remote access. Once this system is set up, employees should be briefed on the features behind these new mandatory security protocols, and regular meetings should be scheduled with all staff members to monitor and ensure compliance with the security plan. Last, a response plan should be created ahead of any potential crisis so that the proper parties are prepared should a breach occur.

Fourth, and finally, the category that ties all previous ones together is that of the risks associated with legal malprac-tice should an attorney or law firm fail to provide adequate cybersecurity measures. More than a recommendation, this last category is also an obligation all attorneys must adhere to in their practice. ABA ethics rules require that attorneys and law

firms install and implement reasonable information security practices so as to protect vital client data. Failing to do so can lead to, among other things, attorney discipline and malpractice liability. Fur-thermore, in the unfortunate event that a data breach is suspected or occurs at a law firm, the recently issued ABA Formal Opinion 483 states that attorneys have the duty to take reasonable actions to im-mediately thwart the breach and mitigate any resulting damage. Moreover, attorneys must also promptly inform clients of the data breach.

As these risks demonstrate, it is both important and imperative that all attor-neys know and be prepared for the chal-lenges posed by an increasingly digital world. Staying ahead of the curve and remaining vigilant as to the threats to sensitive client information we encounter on a daily basis is one of the best means to avoid detrimental consequences, as well as legal malpractice. Aside from the previous suggestions, experts recommend law firms inquire with their insurance providers to see if their policy covers cy-

bersecurity. In most cases, the insurance policy fails to adequately cover cyber breaches, if it even covers them at all. If this is the case, one recommendation of-fered by experts is to obtain the services of an experienced insurance broker who specializes in cybersecurity to procure a stand-alone cybersecurity insurance policy. Safeguarding of valuable assets not only protects a law firm’s bottom line, but also its survival.


by Paul McCartney, is proudly displayed on my wall. Right next to my client chair are several picture frames containing letters of thanks from clients praising me and my handling of their case. My office conveys: herein resides a fun guy who loves baseball, and history, and cool knickknacks like my piece of coal recov-ered from the Titanic and an original piece of wood from the forward mast of the U.S. Constitution. (The mast had to be replaced). It is a comfortable and maybe even a little exciting place to be, and at least for a few moments distracts them from their concerns.

The process of gaining my client’s trust while at the same time beginning the reassuring part starts immediately, which I feel is critical. We eventually get around to talking about the lawsuit against them or their company, but not before we spend up to as much as a half hour just getting to know each other. I tell the client about myself, my family, my baseballs, bats, and Stan Musial 1954 baseball glove, and if I really like them, I will pull out my prized possession — an autographed 8 x 10 color photo of O.J. Simpson standing on the USC football field his senior year looking cool in his

EDITOR’S PERSPECTIVE

The following was adapted from an email sent by Richard D. Abrams, Esquire, to Benjamin A. Schwartz, Esquire, sharing thoughts on the “Call In the Cavalry” article that ran in the December 2018 Bar Journal.

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S tampeding horses ridden by manly men with guns blaz-ing is certainly an appropriate metaphor for what a client

would want from an attorney and his team. Me? I am more of the touchy-feely kind of guy with an emotional EQ of 140. I am a decent litigator, but my real strength lies in my counseling skills.

In your world, your clients choose you which at least makes it feel as though they exercised a choice. In my world, my clients are notified by insurance compa-nies that their lawsuit has been assigned to me to defend. Imagine if you were very sick or needed lifesaving surgery, and your health insurance company told you which doctor was going to treat you! Needless to say, when my clients arrive for our initial meeting, the walk back to my office often feels like a funeral dirge.

I do not ever take them into a con-ference room. They look sterile, serious, and only serve to reassure the client that they are in deep trouble. Instead, I take them back to my office, which is full of all my toys and pictures of my family, and cool things like a photo of Apollo 13 blasting off into space and signed by Jim Lovell. A Hofner bass guitar, signed

Call in the Cavalry (Part Two)Guest Columnist: Richard D. Abrams, Esquire

By Benjamin A. Schwartz, Esquire

uniform, with his arm at a 45 degree angle f lashing a peace sign. Why is it a prized possession you ask? Because it was a piece of evidence introduced at the criminal trial that landed him in jail for stealing memorabilia from Bruce Fromong, the guy Simpson robbed at gunpoint in Vegas. The photo is one of 534. It’s signed by Mr. Fromong. Under his signature is 9/13/07, the date of the theft, and his room number 1203. It also has the evidence certificate used by the L.A. County Sheriff ’s Department. Most clients are really impressed and appreciate that I took it out just for them.

Down to business. I have a little spiel I give new clients that goes something like this:

First, before we talk about your case I want you to do something for me — I want you to try to relax. I want to assure you that you are not going to lose your house or business. The insurance company along with my help will take care of everything. I promise. Even though they are paying my bill, I am your attorney, the same as if you opened the Yellow Pages and picked me yourself. I can-not repeat anything you say to me

““ I do not want the client to ever feel there is something at stake, or that it is an all or nothing proposition, or worry about which one he’s going to be. I want the opposite.


Richard D. Abrams is the Managing Par tner of his f irm’s Wilmington, Delaware office and defends insurance companies and their insureds in connection with personal injury and property damage claims. Mr. Abrams has lectured both locally and nationally on the defense of premises liability claims, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and negotiating. He is a cer tif ied Superior Court Mediator and past Chair of the ADR section of the DSBA. He can be reached at [email protected].

without your permission. We can even keep secrets from the insurance company, because I am forbidden to share anything with the insurance company which could cause them to refuse to insure you. I also want you to understand something very important. The moment you were served with the lawsuit, you left Kansas and entered the land of Oz. All the rules are different here, and you need not concern yourself with how the game is played. That is my job. I promise you that when this is all over, you will be fine. I will never lie to you, I will answer all of your questions, and I will give you the time you need when you need it. You may also have my cell phone number because if you cannot reach me, I am no good to you.

This is usually followed by a Q&A session which sometimes can go on for quite a while. I try not to give them in-formation they do not need to know or worry about. I reassure them the case will not go to trial because 98 percent of all cases resolve, and they likely will never see the inside of a court room. I make sure they understand their involvement will be extremely limited and in all likelihood they may only ever see me one more time, if that. There are a lot of other things I tell them, but I think you get the gist. I never brag or try to come across as a tough guy and I do not talk “big.” All of my efforts are directed toward reassuring the client that everything will be ok and that they are in very good hands.

Usually by this point, the mood in my office is brighter and the client is no lon-ger sitting straight up in their chair with a death grip on the arm rests. Throughout the entire case I continuously reassure them that they will be okay, they do not need to think about the case, and in the end they will see that all of my promises have been kept. It has to be terrifying for someone to get sued and go through the litigation experience. Though I like the Cavalry metaphor and the imagery of it, it does not really fit well with my style, nor capture the essence of how I see my role. The one problem with the Cavalry

metaphor is that, for me, it immediately brings to mind that there is going to be a winner and a loser. I do not want the cli-ent to ever feel there is something at stake, or that it is an all or nothing proposition, or worry about which one he is going to be. I want the opposite.

I want to convey that litigation is really more like a business than a war. Yes, sometimes there are winners and losers, but most cases find their way to equilibrium, which really is more like a truce than a battle, over which each party has some control. My favorite analogy is comparing litigation to the used car business on the wholesale end, where experienced car salesmen buy and sell cars to each other for resale to custom-ers. Every used car has its problems and every used car has its value. It is the job of the plaintiff ’s attorney to shine it up, put new tires on it and hope the torn upholstery and missing visor are never noticed. Alternatively, the defendant’s attorney needs to take it for a test drive, look under the hood, note the mileage, look for obvious and not so obvious

defects, problems, or preexisting dam-age. On occasion they may even have it appraised. If the salesmen are wise and wily, each knows the car’s worth, and the price range it should sell for. Add a little haggling and the car has a new owner. It is the same with litigation.

And, think about this. Would you ever want twelve strangers who never bought or sold a car in their lives decid-ing the value of a car? I tell my clients it is best left to the professionals.

Anyway, that is my input. Hope you find it useful.

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2 Small Firms and Solo Practitioners Conference at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino Friday, March 29, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Come get educated and experience cama-

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3 New Admittees Social Thusday, April 18, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. All of our recent Bar admittees will be invited to attend a social to meet with section representatives and learn more about connecting with people of different legal and social groups.

4 Movie Night at DSBA: My Cousin Vinny Wednesday, April 24, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Continuing with our Movie Night Series, we offer a favorite lawyer film featuring Joe Pesci and Marissa Tomei. Then, afterwards, an amazing CLE on the Innocence Project and what happens when the wrong person is convicted.

5 Bench and Bar 2019 at The Chase Center Friday, June 14, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The annual big DSBA event will feature a powerful speaker this year, Brigadier General John Baker, USMC, who was confined for contempt of court by refusing to reinstate attorneys under his supervision who he felt had been compromised by illegal wiretapping. Hear his story and learn why the U.S. District Court overturned his conviction, then enjoy another excellent CLE program and lunch with your friends and fellow members!


Professional Guidance Committee

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Karen Jacobs, Esquire, Co-Chair*

Victor F. Battaglia, Sr., Esquire

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John P. Deckers, Esquire

David J.J. Facciolo, Esquire

David J. Ferry, Jr., Esquire

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By Richard K. Herrmann, Esquire

TIPS ON TECHNOLOGY

“ “While I have never been an advocate of our system of unfettered discovery, the Rules have been written to anticipate advancements in technology.

Bidwell USA, INC vs. GrimesThird Celestial Circuit, 2026

Herrmann, R.K., Special Discovery MasterThe matter referred to me is indeed one of first impression. “Are we now at a point, in

the evolution of discovery in the United States, that an individual’s memory is fair game for a request for production?” This is an obvious and natural extension of where we are and where we have been. The question is whether there is an Orwellian line we must not cross.

The discovery of electronically stored information is not new. For decades, Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure has been interpreted to include the discovery of information stored in electronic data bases. While there may have been divergent views on this issue, the matter was put to rest in the 2006 and 2015 amendments to the Rule. For years, there has been no doubt, Rule 26(b)(1) permits the parties to “obtain discovery regarding any nonprivileged matter that is relevant to any party's claim or defense and proportional to the needs of the case.” (emphasis added).

The Plaintiff in this litigation has been doggedly attempting to discover the inten-tions of the Defendant Grimes, at the time Grimes left Plaintiff ’s employ. The com-plaint portrays Grimes as a corporate deviant, bent on destroying his employer from the inside. Count II contains allegations of an organized plan to obtain and publish trade secrets on the Internet, with the intent of deflating the most valuable assets of the company. The motivation for this alleged conduct is not material to the issue at hand; what is relevant is whether Plaintiff can discover Grimes’ intent at the times he had access to this sensitive information.

In the letter briefs submitted, it is clear the parties agree to the facts leading to the dispute before me. Grimes has produced all records in his possession at the time he was dismissed from Bidwell. He has been deposed for more than seven hours and I have viewed the video of the entire deposition. Whenever counsel posed a question regarding intent, Grimes responded “I do not recall.” Plaintiff claims to be at an im-passe. All knowledge of intent is purely within the possession, custody and control of the Defendant who refuses to recall the memory of such intent. The Plaintiff seeks to require Grimes to produce his recollection pursuant to Rule 34. FRCP 34 provides “(a)(1)(A) any … designated electronically-stored information — including data compila-tions — stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after translation by the responding party into a reasonably usable form.”

Plaintiff argues science has irrefut-ably proven the human brain stores an individual’s thoughts and experience into a form of data base. The recollection or memory of these events can be retrieved internally as recollection or electronically, through light transference ophthalmologi-cally. Simply stated, an ophthalmologist, using microlaser technology, can record electronic impulses from the brain. The brain responds to stimuli which, in this case, are questions asked regarding intent at any point in time. The recorded images are then converted to a binary format and then into text. While the technology has been successfully used for psychiatric and medical purposes during the last five years, it has never been applied to discovery.

Defendant obviously objects on a num-ber of grounds. However, the arguments regarding accuracy and burden are not persuasive. The science in now irrefutable and there is no burden. The procedure is noninvasive and painless. The only ques-tion remaining is whether we can permit discovery to evolve to require production of all “relevant matters recorded,” no mat-ter where they are recorded.

While I have never been an advocate of our system of unfettered discovery, the Rules have been written to anticipate advancements in technology. The Plaintiff has established reasonable efforts have been made to obtain the information sought, and the Defendant has failed to produce the information due to lack of recollection. The Plaintiff has also argued


Richard K. Herrmann is a partner at Morris James LLP, handling many forms of complex litigation, includ-ing intellectual property, commercial, and technology. He can be reached at [email protected].

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persuasively that the information is re-trievable and that the cost of obtaining the information is proportionate to the mat-ter before the court. I, therefore, find the discovery of memory and past recollection are consistent with the current require-ments of FRCP Rules 26 and 34. They are relevant and contain electronically stored information in a medium from which the “information can be obtained…after translation by the responding party into a reasonably usable form.”

Plaintiff ’s motion to compel is granted and the Defendant is ordered to submit to Microlaser Memory Retrieval no later than May 1, 2026.

SO ORDERED.

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D ata breaches. Although pre-vention remains the goal, vigilance and an appropriate response mark our ethical

obligations. In October 2018, the American Bar

Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 483, “Lawyers’ Obligations After an Electronic Data Breach or Cyberattack.” The bottom line: lawyers must monitor for data breaches, and must act reasonably and promptly to contain any data breach, mitigate the damage, and notify clients.

The Three Ethical “C’s” of Cybersecurity

The ABA Opinion is structured around the duties of competence, confi-dentiality and communication.

Model Rule 1.1 and its Comment 8 require a lawyer to provide “competent representation,” and to “keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice, includ-ing the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology.”

Model Rule 1.6(c) requires a lawyer to make “reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of, or unauthorized access to, information relating to the representation of a client.” What is reasonable depends on:

▪ The nature and sensitivity of the data; ▪ The likelihood of unauthorized

disclosure absent additional safe-guards;

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▪ The costs of additional safeguards; ▪ The difficulty of implementing

additional safeguards; and ▪ Any adverse impact the safeguards

have on client representation.Model Rule 1.4 requires a lawyer to

“keep the client reasonably informed about the status of a matter.” Model Rules 5.1 and 5.3 require lawyers who serve as managers and supervisors to ensure that their firm “has in effect measures giving reasonable assurance that all lawyers and staff in the firm confirm to the [ethical rules].”

Applying the Three Ethical C’s to Data Breaches

Competence, confidentiality, and communication require lawyers to take proactive and reactive steps to protect cli-ent data from a data breach.

As a threshold matter, the ABA Opin-ion defines data breach more broadly than many data-breach-notification laws. The ABA Opinion defines “data breach” as a “data event where material client confi-dential information is misappropriated, destroyed or otherwise compromised, or where a lawyer’s ability to perform the legal services for which the lawyer is hired is significantly impaired by the episode.” The Delaware data breach notification law, in contrast, defines a breach of secu-rity more narrowly, as “[t]he unauthorized acquisition of computerized data that compromises the security, confidential-ity, or integrity of personal information.” Thus, the ABA’s definition may include

ransomware and other attacks that im-pact the ability to provide legal services, even where no unauthorized acquisition of personal information occurs.

First, a lawyer must “employ reason-able efforts to monitor the technology and office resources connected to the internet, external data sources, and ex-ternal vendors providing services relating to data and the use of data.” A failure to immediately detect a data breach does not constitute an ethical violation. Instead, a failure to “undertake reasonable efforts to avoid data loss or to detect cyber-intrusion” that results in a breach raises a potential ethical issue.

Second, a lawyer must act reasonably and promptly to contain and remediate a data breach. The ABA recommends de-veloping — before a breach occurs — “an incident response plan with specific plans and procedures for responding to a data breach.” Such plans should be tailored to each lawyer’s practice and circumstances. Common features include:

▪ Identification of team members, backups, contact information and defined roles; ▪ A process to promptly identify

and evaluate any potential network anomaly or intrusion, assess its nature and scope, determine any unauthorized access to data, prevent data exfiltration, eradicate malware, and restore network integrity; and ▪ List key steps to be taken at

each stage of the incident response process.


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““Although prevention remains the goal, vigilance and an appropriate response mark our ethical obligations.

Third, a lawyer “must make reasonable efforts to determine what occurred during the data breach.” Such an investigation enables an attorney to understand the scope of the intrusion, ensure that it has been contained, and make any necessary disclosures to clients.

Fourth, a lawyer must notify a client of “a data breach [ ] involving, or having a substantial likelihood of involving, mate-rial client confidential information.” The content of the disclosure “will depend on the type of breach” and the “nature of the [affected] data,” but must provide “enough information for the client to make an informed decision about what to do next, if anything.”

At a minimum, the disclosure must inform all affected clients that “there has been unauthorized access to or disclosure of their information, or that unauthorized access or disclosure is reasonably suspected of having occurred.” The disclosure must include the extent to which client infor-mation was affected, or that the lawyer has been unable to ascertain such despite reasonable efforts.

Finally, lawyers have a “continuing duty to keep clients reasonably apprised of material developments in post-breach in-vestigations affecting client information.”

The ABA Opinion provides an ethical blueprint for every lawyer’s data-breach-response process. Data-breach-response plans should be created or refined to in-corporate these new ethical guideposts.

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“E thically Speaking” again offers a digest of American Bar Association Formal Opinions issued by the Standing Committee on Eth-ics and Professional Responsibility that you

might have missed since the last compendium in March 2018.

Formal Opinion 480 (March 6, 2018)Confidentiality Obligations for Lawyer Blogging and other Public Commentary

Acknowledging that lawyers comment on legal topics in on-line publications such as blogs, list serves, website postings, infor-mational videos, webinars, and podcasts as well as in traditional print media such as magazines, treatises, and law reviews, the Committee concluded that lawyers doing so must comply with the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, including Rule 1.6 (Duty to Maintain Client Confidences); Rule 3.5 (Impartiality and Decorum of the Tribunal); and Rule 3.6 (Trial Publicity).

Rule 1.6(a) provides that “a lawyer shall not reveal informa-tion relating to the representation of a client unless the client gives informed consent, the disclosure is impliedly authorized in order to carry out the representation, or the disclosure is permit-ted by paragraph (b). The Committee notes that unless one of the exceptions to Rule 1.6 is applicable, a lawyer is prohibited from commenting publicly about “any information” related to a representation, even client identity is protected under this Rule. The Committee also noted that it is highly unlikely that a disclosure exception under Rule 1.6(b) would apply to a lawyer’s public commentary.

In reaching this conclusion, the Opinion weighed the attor-ney’s obligations under the Professional Conduct Rules against the lawyer’s own First Amendment free speech rights, finding that those rights were trumped by the obligations to the client.

Rule 3.5(a) prohibits a lawyer from seeking to influence a judge, juror, or prospective juror, or other official by means prohibited by law. The Opinion cautions that lawyers blogging or engaging in other public commentary that these extrajudicial

statements about pending matters may be viewed as a violation of this Rule.

Similarly, a lawyer who is participating or has participated in the investigation or litigation of a matter is prohibited from making extrajudicial statements that will have a substantial likelihood of materially prejudicing an adjudicative proceeding in the matter. (Rule 3.6(a)). Note that, in this instance, client consent does not permit or excuse the conduct.

Formal Opinion 481 (April 17, 2018)A Lawyer’s Duty to Inform a Current or Former Client of the Lawyer’s Material Error

This Opinion was discussed at length in the June 2018 column, “Did the ABA Just Take a Step closer to Requiring Self-Reporting?” However, in case you missed it, the Committee concluded that if a lawyer errs and the error is material, the lawyer must inform a current client of the error. While recognizing the existence of the duty, there are significant limitations as to when the duty arises. The error must be sufficiently serious enough to create a conflict of interest between the lawyer and the client. An error is material if a disinterested lawyer would conclude that it is (a) reasonably likely to harm or prejudice a client; or (b) of such a nature that it would reasonably cause a client to consider terminat-ing the representation even in the absence of harm or prejudice.

The obligation also only extends to current rather than former clients. The Committee went on to advise that an attorney is not relieved of the obligation to disclose by making the current client a former client by discharging that client, and the termination of representation in one or more matters does not transform a current client into a former client if the lawyer still represents the client in other matters.

Formal Opinion 482 (September 19, 2018)Ethical Obligations Related to Disasters

The Committee found that lawyers have a professional duty to prepare for the unexpected. Lawyers have an ethical obliga-

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“tion to implement reasonable measures to safeguard client and third-party property and funds and even to prepare for business interruptions resulting from events such as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, blackouts, and fires. Lawyers are also warned that the advertising rules apply to solicitations of victims affected by such disasters.

Rule 1.4 requires lawyers to communicate with clients. In order to meet their obligations under the rules, lawyers should be able to reach clients following a disaster. The Committee rec-ommended that lawyers maintain electronic or paperless lists of clients with their contact information stored by disaster-resistant means. In doing so, lawyers were reminded of the Rule 1.1 obli-gation to stay abreast of technology relevant to law practice and the Rule 1.6 requirement to take reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of, or unauthorized access to, information related to the representation of the client. Noting that such disasters may preclude a lawyer from gaining access to paper files, the Committee recommended that lawyers consider electronic storage of files, including cloud-based ser-vices. The Opinion also noted that in addition to the Rule 1.1 duty of competence, Rule 1.3 requires that attorneys be diligent in continuing to meet their obligations to clients and the court during a disaster.

The Opinion reminded lawyers that Comment [14] to Rule 5.5 provides that “…lawyers from the affected jurisdiction [by a major disaster] who seek to practice law temporarily in another jurisdiction, but in which they are not otherwise authorized to

practice law, should consult the Model Court Rules on Provision of Legal Services Following Determination of Major Disaster.” Lawyers are also reminded that the American Bar Association provides much assistance on disaster preparedness including many helpful resources on the website of the Committee on Disaster Response and Preparedness.

The advertising rules permit lawyers to solicit in-person to of-fer pro bono legal services to disaster victims because the lawyer’s motive does not involve financial gain. However, the existence of a disaster does not excuse compliance with lawyer advertising and solicitation rules. Lawyers may communicate with disaster victims in “targeted” written or recorded material in compliance with Rules 7.1 through 7.3, although additional local advertising rules and statutes may apply.

Next month: Part Two of the digest of ABA Formal Opinions issued in the past year.

“Ethically Speaking” is intended to stimulate awareness of ethical issues. It is not intended as legal advice nor does it necessarily represent the opinion of the Delaware State Bar Association.

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76ers Field House in Wilmington on Sat-urday, March 16, 2019, beginning at 1:30 p.m. The beneficiary of these Games is Best Buddies, Delaware, a charitable foundation designed by Anthony Ken-nedy Shriver to benefit children with dis-abilities. These programs are conducted through Delaware middle schools, high schools, and several Universities. Adults may participate in the Citizens Program.

When my Dad, Morton Kimmel, founded the Blue-Gold All-Star Basket-ball Games in 1999, he had two simple goals: to raise money to support individ-uals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), and create an event that would have a positive impact on the Delaware high school basketball com-munity. This will be the first year that my father will not be actively involved in these games. Sadly, my father passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018, the day of the Blue-Gold Games. The Blue-Gold All-Star Games were my father’s passion, as he was always looking for innovative ways to bring the community together, while simultaneously raising money for charity. The Blue-Gold Board of Trust-ees and I will continue to carry on his legacy by raising funds for those in need and providing these high school seniors with an unforgettable experience.

The Blue-Gold Board of Trustees comprises prominent citizens from Dela-ware including former Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Governor John Carney, former Attorney General Matt Denn, and Chief Justice Strine among many more. In addition, substantial support for the Games comes from the

Delaware legal community. Further-more, over 200 police officers, high school coaches, local business people and college and high school students will vol-unteer their time and talents. More than 100 college coaches have been invited to attend this classic event in which another capacity crowd is anticipated.

The Blue-Gold Basketball Games on March 16th are the highlight of a week-long schedule of events for the student-athletes and children from Best Buddies. These Blue-Gold student athletes have been selected by their coaches during the latter part of February, 2019. This Honor and the week-long celebration create memories that will last a lifetime. Even the Blue-Gold practices at Wesley Col-lege and the Sanford School are spiced with sage advice from different guest speakers including doctors and lawyers on “life after sports.”

On March 13, 2019, the student ath-letes will travel to Dover for a full day of festivities kicked off by Judge Jeff Clark with a discussion of the Superior Court and a visit to the Kent County holding cells. Lunch at the Christ Church with guest speaker, Patricia Dailey Lewis, Executive Director of the Beau Biden Foundation, followed by a visit to Leg-islative Hall where the key leaders of the House and Senate will provide these stu-dent athletes and buddies with real-life experiences on how laws are enacted. The day concludes with Governor Carney speaking with the students and taking individual photos with them.

Del Tech South is the site of the Ban-quet on Thursday, March 14, 2019, be-ginning at 6:00 p.m. Between 500-600 people will attend the annual Banquet high-lighted by spectacular trophies for the student-athletes.

Please join us at one or all of the events. Financial support plays a huge role in the success of the Games and Best Buddies, addressing Delaware’s continu-ing need to assist children and adults with disabilities. Ticket information is available for the Games and Banquet at [email protected]. If you cannot attend, but would like to make a contribution or volunteer at one of the events please call Tom Waite, the State Director of Best Buddies, Delaware at (302) 691-3187.

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A Message from the Delaware Lawyers Assistance Program

By Carol P. Waldhauser, Executive Director

DE-LAP ZONE

Passion vs. Reason

L awyers are generally very busy people and work is often their passion. For many in the legal profession, it is almost a sense

of self-importance or bragging rights to announce that they work long hours. While for others, the time pressures, work overload, and inadequate time for themselves and their families can cause burnout or a lack of passion.

On a positive note, we know that evidence supports that hard work is good for the mind, body, and soul. Further-more, if you love what you do — your passion drives your success. In the legal profession, however, passion can take a hit because the boundaries separating one’s professional and personal life have changed drastically. Today, many law-yers contend with time pressures, work overload, billable hours, difficult clients, difficult adversaries, and inadequate time. Consequently, this can contribute to some lawyers losing a tight grip on the reigns of their personal and professional reason.

The EvidenceThe first empirical study1 in 25 years

confirmed that lawyers have significant substance abuse or mental health prob-lems, more so than other professionals or the general population. Moreover, many lawyers are not seeking the help they need and for the wrong reasons.

With the help of 15 state bar as-sociations, almost 15,000 lawyers from 19 states in every region of the country completed an anonymous 2015 survey

assessing alcohol use, drug use, and symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and other mental health concerns. Of those, nearly 13,000 respondents met the criteria for inclusion in the study: lawyers had to be licensed in the United States and currently employed in the legal profession as an attorney or judge. Close to equal numbers of men and women participated, identifying their respec-tive age groups, job position types, and whether they worked in private firms, state bar associations, government, or nonprofit organizations, or other working environments.

As stated, by Patrick Krill of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s Legal Professional Program:

This is a huge data set. We wanted to get a clear picture of what’s going on with licensed and employed at-torneys and judges in America, and this is a representative sample from all corners and regions of the country, from the biggest metropolitan areas to the smallest towns. What we found is that the problems are far-reaching and consistent. There’s no one group within the profession that seems to be immune to behavioral health prob-lems and the problems are significant.The following is a break-down of the

survey data.

Alcohol Abuse Concern with Problematic Drinking

A significant amount of the par-ticipants in this survey, approximately 11,300 completed a 10-question instru-ment known as the Alcohol Use Dis-orders Identification Test (AUDIT-10). To better understand the results, it is important to understand the screening tool. This instrument is used to screen for different levels of problematic alcohol use, including hazardous use, harmful use, and possible alcohol dependence. The test identifies quantity and frequency of use, and asks whether an individual has experienced consequences from drinking. Of the 11,300 respondents, men had a significantly higher proportion of positive screens for problematic use (21 percent), compared to women (16 percent).

Summarizing the data, and in no way preaching, the results are undeniably disturbing for the profession:

1. Of those identified as working in private firms, approximately 23 percent were considered problem drinkers.2. Of the private law firm lawyers identified as junior associates, 31 percent identified as problem drink-ers, the highest compared to senior associates (26 percent), junior part-ners (24 percent), managing partners “

“If passion drives, let reason hold the reins.

– Benjamin Franklin


DE-LAP Zone (continued on page 22)

(21 percent), and senior partners (18.5 percent). Thus, the data sug-gest that a higher rate of lower-level lawyers engaged in problem drink-ing behavior, and problem drinking slightly decreases as they move up the law firm chain.3. For lawyers in other working environments, the rate of alcohol use disorders is also relatively high under the AUDIT-10. Of those identified as in-house, governmental public or non-profit lawyers, 19 percent were considered problem drinkers. 4. For lawyers who were sole practi-tioners, 19 percent of those identified as having an alcohol use disorder.5. Approximately 18 percent of the in-house corporate or for-profit or-ganizations lawyers were considered problem drinkers.6. Approximately 16 percent of judges identified as having an alcohol prob-lem.Equally as apparent when sifting date

by age and years of practice, it becomes clearer that younger lawyers are struggling the most with alcohol abuse. Respondents identified as 30 years or younger had a 32 percent rate of problem drinking, almost 1 in 3, higher than any other age group. Those attorneys ages 31-40 reported a 25 percent rate of problem drinking. Start-ing at age 51, the percentages fall below 20 percent.

Krill said the data shows the risk of developing a drinking problem is high-est for attorneys in their first 10 years of practice. “Being in the early stages of a legal career is strongly correlated with the heightened risk of developing an alcohol use disorder.”

Amazingly, and most notably, 44 percent of lawyers reported that their use of alcohol was problematic during the 15 year period that followed graduation from law school. Another 28 percent reported problematic use that started before law school and 14.2 percent said that their problem drinking started in law school.

Comparing the new data to older research, evidence suggests that the widespread belief that lawyers are at

higher risk, or more vulnerable, and suffer from significant substance abuse problems, or mental health disorders, in numbers greater than other professionals or the general population is still true. The difference is that alcohol problems seem now to start earlier.

Drug Abuse A Less Clear Picture

Researchers used the 10 question Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) to gauge low, intermediate, substantial and severe drug abuse among participant lawyers and judges. Drug abuse includes the nonmedical use of illegal substances, or prescription drugs, or the use of prescribed or over-the-counter medica-tions in excess of prescribed or directed amounts. Only 27 percent of all respon-dents completed the DAST, a much smaller sample that the AUDIT-10, which had nearly full participation.

It is suggested by the authors of the study that “we can speculate that a lower sample means drug use is not as prevalent as alcohol use among lawyers, and that’s logical.” One of the facilita-tiors of the study, Linda Albert, goes on to say, “But you may also have lawyers who don’t want to voluntarily disclose information about illegal drug use even though the survey was confidential and anonymous.” In fact, it is suggested “they would likely be more open to answering questions about alcohol, since alcohol is legal. So, the picture is less clear. Ob-viously, any indication of drug abuse among lawyers is concerning.”

With reference to the research data compiled on drug abuse, of the 3,419 participants that completed the DAST:

1. 0.1 percent reported severe drug use.2. 0.3 percent reported substantial drug use.3. 21 percent reported intermedi-ate use.4. 76 percent reported low use.Albert, suggests that “ low use”

means low quantity and frequency with little or no consequences. The highest

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rate, 16 percent, reported using seda-tives, which include depression, anxi-ety, or sleeping medications. About 10 percent used marijuana or hash and 6 percent reported opioid use.

Depression, Stress and Anxiety: Concerns with Anxiety and Depression

Approximately 11,500 participants completed a 21 question Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21). The results are as follows:

1. Approximately 61 percent re-ported experiencing concerns with anxiety and depression at some point in their career.2. Approximately 16 percent of re-spondents also reported experiencing social anxiety.3. Approximately 12.5 percent experiencing attention deficit hyper-activity disorder.4. Approximately 8 percent expe-riencing issues with panic disorder.

5. Approximately 2.4 percent expe-riencing bi-polar disorder.6. More than 11 percent reported suicidal thoughts during their careers.Like the rates associated with alcohol

use, mental health conditions were higher in younger or less experienced attorneys.

Barriers to TreatmentSadly, only 7 percent of participants

report that they sought treatment for al-cohol or drug use, and only 22 percent of those respondents went through programs tailored to legal professionals. When asked to identify the biggest barriers to seeking drug or alcohol treatment, participants listed:

1. 67.5 percent said they do not want others to find out.2. 64 percent identified privacy and confidentiality as a major barrier.3. 31 percent identified concerns about losing their law license.4. 18 percent said they did not know who to ask or did not have the money for treatment.

Ironically, lawyers fear that help will not be confidential and someone will find out, and if someone finds out, their practice and livelihood will be ruined. However, this thinking is faulty — with-out help, a lawyer and/or judge can and very likely will sabotage their personal and professional life.

In Delaware, lawyers and judges have a confidential way to get help — the Delaware Lawyers Assistance Program (DE-LAP). Plus, the means for treat-ment, in part, is available through the Delaware Lawyers Assistance Fund (510C3). As Executive Director, it is my pledge to each and every attorney that confidential and free help is available. Remember, seeking help voluntarily does not, by itself, impact someone’s law license. Rather, it just allows them to be healthier, nurturing their passion, minimizing the risk of breaking ethical rules and letting reason hold the reigns. Bottom line, at DE-LAP — we want to dispel the misconceptions, eliminate stigmas attached to mental health and substance abuse issues, and encourage lawyers to get the help they need before bigger problems arise.

Do not think of this as preaching — think of it as a time for a reality check. If you, or someone you know needs help, call DE-LAP, the confidential number is (302) 777-0124 or e-mail [email protected].

NOTES:

1. Krill, Patrick R., Jr., Ryan Johnson, and Linda Albert. “The Prevalence of Substance Use and Other Men-tal Health: Journal of Addiction Medicine.” Journal of Addiction Medicine. Jan. & Feb. 2016. Accessed Feb-ruary 21, 2019. http://journals.www.com/journaladdic-tionmedicine/Fulltext/2016/02000/The_Prevalence_of_Substance_Use_and_Other_Mental.8.aspx.

Carol P. Waldhauser is the Execu-tive Director of the Delaware Lawyers Assistance Program and can be reached at [email protected].

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I t is often said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. In The Coddling of the American Mind, How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, authors Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt argue that America may be on a very dangerous

road — all due to good intentions gone astray.Consider something as simple as peanut allergies. Peanut allergies used

to be fairly rare. A study in the mid-1990s found that roughly four out of every one thousand children under the age of eight has such an allergy. Yet, the same study, using the same methodology found that the number of children with such an allergy had more than tripled to fourteen out of one thousand children just fifteen years later. Why had peanut allergies more than tripled in so short a time? The answer is suggested by the title of Messrs. Lukianoff ’s and Haidt’s book — “coddling.” Subsequent stud-ies found that young children who were shielded from peanut products developed peanut allergies at a rate nearly six times more than children who were exposed to peanuts. By shielding children from peanuts, young immune systems never were exposed to peanuts leading to higher allergic reactions later in life; or, put another way, by trying to protect children from peanut allergies, the peanut allergy problem was made worse.

The peanut allergy example is but one of many examples where the desire of parents, doctors, teachers, and other professionals to protect children or other members of society from risks or threats has led to adverse results. Lukianoff and Haidt group these mistakes in a category they call: “what doesn’t kill you makes you weaker” — the point being that in protecting children and young adults from potential adversity, we are making them less resilient and less strong.

Lukianoff and Haidt provide two other broad categories for mistaken ideas and programs: “always trust your feelings” and “life is a battle between good people and bad people.”

In the “always trust your feelings” category, they note that, in fact, our feelings and perceptions are often wrong in the first instance, and

The Best Laid Plans: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for FailureBy Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt (Penguin Press, 2017)

that just because a person may “feel” a certain way about something does not necessarily mean they are right or that they should, in fact, trust their feelings. A prime example of this fallacy is the current trend on college campuses where an invited speaker who may upset or offend students


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due to the speaker’s views is subsequently dis-invited. Another example is the no-tion that anytime someone uses a word which the listener perceives as offensive or demeaning, whether intended or not, the person speaking is presumed to have intended to offend. In a “trust your feelings” world, the intentions of others do not really matter. You interpret the universe through the prism of your own personal feelings. Even if a “reasonable” person might not perceive a problem with a word or term, the word or term is automatically suspect if you feel that it is demeaning or insulting.

Perhaps, though, nothing has done more harm than the notion that “life is a battle between good people and bad people.” We see this today most mark-edly in the polarization of our politics. If people on the other side of an issue are “bad” or “evil,” there is no point in trying to persuade them or discuss issues with them in a civil or civilized way. Bad people are not entitled to respect. They can be treated badly because they are bad people.

Lukianoff and Haidt identify “what doesn’t kill you makes you weaker,” “al-ways trust your feelings,” and “life is a battle between good people and bad peo-ple,” as the “three great untruths.” Their primary focus is how these untruths are affecting modern college campuses and why these untruths seem to have taken such a hold. They identify several threads which they believe explain much of the current situation and their book is full of stories and examples, some funny, some scary, that make their points.

Books have already been written about the rise of over-protective parent-ing, but Lukianoff and Haidt identify it as a factor. In stressing safety at all costs, and in their constant supervision, parents deprive their children of the op-portunity to learn and grow. Anecdotes abound of parents today who allow their children to do things that may have been commonplace in the 60s, 70s or 80s, only to be condemned today. Similarly, children’s schedules today are so full of sports practices and other structured activity that children suffer from a lack

of “free play” and the important lessons that come from unsupervised, unstruc-tured time. The “igen” generation, which began entering college in 2013, is the first to come of age with smartphones and social media, and all the benefits and problems of such technology. Lukianoff and Haidt worry that the constant use of social media and smartphones in a child’s formative years is problematic, and preliminary studies suggest there is a correlation between screen time and observed increases in depression rates among teens and college students, al-though they stress that further research is needed in this area before firm conclu-sions can be drawn.

In the concluding section of their book, Lukianoff and Haidt offer three truths which they argue are the great truths from history. The first is “prepare the child for the road, not the road for the child.” Returning to the peanut allergy conundrum, they explain that “kids need to develop a normal immune response, rather than an allergic response, to the everyday irritations and provocations of

life.” Their second great truth, to counter the untruth “always trust your feelings,” comes from Buddha, who wrote: “your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded. But once mastered, no one can help you as much, not even your father or your mother.” Finally, the authors conclude with a final truth, taken from Aleksandr Solzhenit-syn’s The Gulag Archipelago: “the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.”

It is only natural that parents want the best for their children. But, as the subtitle of The Coddling Of The American Mind suggests, good intentions, coupled with bad ideas, can do more harm than good. Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt have written a very interesting and timely book, full of alarm, but also full of promise — if we act.

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Report: 2019 Midyear Meeting of the ABA House of Delegates

By William D. Johnston, Esquire

T he House of Delegates of the American Bar Association met on Monday, January 28, during the 2019 ABA Midyear Meeting in Las Vegas. The Delaware Delegation included Judge William C. Carpenter, Jr. (Delegate At Large), Ben Strauss (DSBA State Bar Delegate), and yours truly (State

Delegate). DSBA Young Lawyer Delegate Mary Akhimien had been succeeded re-cently by Lauren P. DeLuca, but Lauren was unable to attend the meeting. Please join me in thanking Mary for her service and thanking Lauren in advance for hers!

Remarks from ABA Officers and Others

As is customary, members of the House heard remarks from ABA officers and others. Those included: President Robert M. Carlson; Chair of the House William R. Bay; Treasurer Michelle A. Behnke; President — Elect Nominee Patricia Lee Refo; and Executive Director Jack L. Rives. We also had the pleasure of hearing from The Honorable Paul Reiber, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and current President of the Conference of Chief Justices.

Resolutions Adopted by the House as ABA Policy

The House adopted the following resolutions (with numbers as indicated), and in so doing articulated as ABA policy the substance of each resolution:

▪ Condemning federal government shutdowns which impair the legal system and undermine the Rule of Law (10B); ▪ Opposing the withholding of

funds previously appropriated by Congress for disaster relief and re-covery, or their diversion for other purposes, and reaffirming support for the Principles of Rule of Law in Time of Major Disaster (10C); ▪ Adopting the ABA Guidelines for

the Appointment and Use of Special Masters in Federal and State Civil Litigation, dated January 2019, and

recommending that Bankruptcy Rule 9031 be amended to permit courts responsible for matters under the Bankruptcy Code to use special masters in the same way as they are used in other federal cases (100); ▪ Encouraging federal, state, local,

territorial, and tribal legislatures and court systems, in conjunction with state and local bar associations, to support and assist with the establish-ment and maintenance of lactation areas in courthouses for members of the public, including lawyers, jurors, litigants, witnesses, and observers (101A); ▪ Urging the enactment of a rule by

the highest courts or legislative bod-ies of all states, territories, and tribes charged with the regulation of the le-gal profession, as well as by all federal courts, providing that a motion for continuance based on parental leave of either the lead attorney or another integrally involved attorney in the matter shall be granted under certain conditions (101B); ▪ Encouraging a consistent ap-

proach to the application of the “fair use” doctrine in copyright law in the context of the digital environment and with respect to repackaging copy-righted material (104); ▪ Opposing laws that would autho-

rize teachers, principals or other non-security school personnel to possess

a firearm in, or in the vicinity of, a pre-K through grade 12 public, paro-chial, or private school, and the use of government or public funds to provide firearms training to teachers, prin-cipals, or other non-security school personnel, or to purchase firearms for those individuals (106A); ▪ Urging federal, state, local, territo-

rial and tribal governments to reduce potential harm that individuals may inf lict on themselves or others by enacting statutes, rules, or regulations allowing individuals to temporarily prevent themselves from purchasing firearms (106B); ▪ Urging the federal judiciary, Con-

gress, and the Department of Home-land Security to enact legislation and adopt policies to protect the privacy interests of those crossing the border by imposing standards for searches and seizures of electronic devices, protection of attorney-client privi-lege, the work product doctrine, and lawyer- client confidentiality (107A); ▪ Urging legal employers not to

require pre-dispute mandatory arbitra-tion of claims of unlawful discrimina-tion, harassment or retaliation based upon race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expres-sion, marital status, or status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence (107B); ▪ Urging the American Bar As-

sociation to adopt and federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal courts, governmental entities, bar associa-tions, public health agencies, lawyer assistance programs, lawyer regulatory entities, institutions of legal education, and law firms to implement the recom-


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mendations and action points in the report, Experienced Lawyers, American Families, and the Opioid Crisis–Report of the Opioid Summit May 2018 (108); ▪ Urging the Attorney General to

rescind the “Zero Tolerance” and “Operation Streamline policies” that mandate the prosecution of all persons alleged to have improperly entered the United States for the first time, a misdemeanor under 8 U.S.C. § 1325; end the practice of expedited mass prosecution of immigrants; and allow for an individualized determination in deciding whether to file criminal charges (109A); ▪ Urging federal, state, local, territo-

rial and tribal legislatures to define criminal arrests, charges and disposi-tions that are eligible for expungement or removal from public view by seal-ing, and set out procedures for indi-viduals to apply for the same (109B); ▪ Urging federal, state, local, ter-

ritorial and tribal legislatures to enact legislation, and correctional and detention facilities to enact policies, to provide all women prisoners in all forms of detention with unrestricted access to free toilet paper and a range of free feminine hygiene products, in sufficient quantities to address their needs (109C); ▪ Urging federal, state, local, territo-

rial, and tribal legislatures to amend existing laws or enact new laws to clearly define child torture and make child torture a felony offense regardless of whether a serious physical injury oc-curs, and to promote training, for all court and medical personnel in these cases, on emerging evidence-based and effective practices to improve government responsiveness to severe maltreatment of children that does not inflict serious bodily injury (109D); ▪ Approving the Uniform Criminal

Records Accuracy Act, promulgated by the National Conference of Com-missioners on Uniform State Laws, as an appropriate Act for those states de-siring to adopt the specific substantive law suggested therein (110A);

▪ Approving the Uniform Civil Rem-edies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act, promulgated by the National Conference of Commis-sioners on Uniform State Laws, as an appropriate Act for those states desir-ing to adopt the specific substantive law suggested therein (110B); ▪ Approving the Uniform Fiduciary

Income and Principal Act, promul-gated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, as an appropriate Act for those states desiring to adopt the specific substantive law suggested therein (110C); ▪ Approving the Uniform Non-

parent Custody and Visitation Act, promulgated by the National Confer-ence of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, as an appropriate Act for those states desiring to adopt the spe-cific substantive law suggested therein (110D); ▪ Approving the Uniform Supple-

mental Commercial Law for the Uni-form Regulation of Virtual-Currency Businesses Act promulgated by the National Conference of Commission-ers on Uniform State Laws, as an ap-propriate Act for those states desiring to adopt the specific substantive law suggested therein (110E); ▪ Adopting the Model Act Gov-

erning Assisted Reproduction dated January 2019 and approving the 2019 Model Act as an appropriate Act for those states desiring to adopt the spe-cific substantive law contained in the Act (111); ▪ Urging Congress and the United

States Department of Defense to di-rect the Armed Forces and its Public Private Venture housing contractors to enact uniform breed-neutral pet policies for families living in military housing (112); ▪ Opposing laws, regulations, and

rules or practices that discriminate against LGBT individuals in the exercise of the fundamental right to parent; urging lawmakers in jurisdic-tions where such discriminatory laws,

regulations, and practices exist to promptly repeal them; and urging bar associations and attorneys to defend victims of anti- LGBT discrimination, and to recognize and support their colleagues taking on this work (113); ▪ Urging Congress to enact the fed-

eral Equality Act, H.R. 2282 (115th Congress), or similar legislation which explicitly affirms that: (1) discrimina-tion because of sexual orientation or gender identity is sex discrimination prohibited by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and certain other federal statutes; and (2) federal statutory protections for religious freedom do not autho-rize violation of nondiscrimination laws, and affirming that religiously neutral laws of general applicability prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity do not improperly burden the religious free exercise rights of those operating places of public accommodation (114); ▪ Opposing the imposition upon

sexual assault victims of a legal burden of resistance before legal protection at-taches, and urging federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal jurisdictions to oppose, laws or rules that allow con-sent to sexual activity to be inferred in whole or in part from inaction or lack of verbal or physical resistance (115); and ▪ Encouraging states and entities

working to implement the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regu-lar Migration to take additional steps to address root causes of displace-ment and forced migration, develop policies that discourage the criminal prosecution of migrants and refugees, encourage the accountable use of prosecutorial discretion, and protect migrants and refugees from bias and discrimination regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, sexual iden-tity, national origin, and religion (116).

Notably, the House did not adopt Resolution 105. The vote was 88 in favor and 334 opposed. That resolution,


presented by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, proposed that the House “concur” in the action of the Council of the Section in making amendments to Standard 316 (Bar Passage) of the ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools. The amendments would require that, “At least 75 percent of a law school’s graduates in a calendar year who sat for a bar examination must have passed a bar examination administered within two years of their date of graduation.”

The effect of the non-concurrence was to have the House refer back the proposal to the Council for a second time under the Rules of Procedure of the House of Delegates. With the proposal having been referred back twice, the Council now has the option to proceed with the amendments on its own. It will be interesting to see whether the Council will avail itself of that option, given the strength of the concerns expressed in the House.

For a detailed report on the dispo-sition of all resolutions submitted for consideration by the House during the Midyear Meeting, please see www.americanbar.org.

MembershipAs I previously reported, Resolution

177, adopted by the House of Delegates during the 2018 ABA Annual meeting, was proposed by the ABA Standing Committee on Membership (“SCOM”). SCOM led a broad-based effort over the last two years to study how best to deliver value to ABA members. The thoughtful, resulting recommendation, embraced by the Board of Governors, included simplifying dues-paying categories and reducing dues effective 2020 and other benefits.

In particular, the new dues structure will have new admittees through fourth year attorneys paying $75, fifth through ninth year attorneys paying $150, tenth through fourteenth year attorneys paying $250, fifteenth through nineteenth year attorneys paying $350, and twenty-plus

year attorneys paying $450. At the same time, government, solo, and small firm attorneys, as well as retirees, will pay $150. Paralegals will pay $75, affiliated professionals will pay $150, and inter-national lawyer members will pay $150.

I was appointed by ABA President Bob Carlson as a “special advisor” to SCOM, which will be responsible for implementing the changes I have de-scribed. I continue to welcome any and all suggestions on the part of fellow ABA members in Delaware!

As I have urged before, if you cur-rently are an ABA member, but are not yet engaged in the work of sections, di-visions, or forums (and their respective committees and subcommittees), please consider increased involvement. And, if you currently are not an ABA member, please consider joining the ABA as a complement to your DSBA membership. I and other members of the Delaware Delegation would be delighted to discuss with you all of the opportunities that ABA membership presents.

It continues to be my privilege and pleasure to serve as State Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates. The House will next meet August 12-13 in San Francisco, California during the 2019 Annual Meeting. If you have any ques-tions or comments at any time, please let me know at [email protected] or (302) 571-6679.

Mid-Year Meeting (continued from page 27)

Bill Johnston is a partner with Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP. He is a Past President of the Delaware State Bar Association, serves in the ABA House of Delegates as State Delegate from Delaware, and is Former Chair of the ABA Business Law Section. He is Chair of the DSBA ADR Section.

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Shad and shad roe are springtime delicacies and here in the tri-state area, we have no excuse to miss either. Every spring shad migrate up the Delaware River in their annual “shad run”. A member of the

herring family, shad’s flesh is deep beige in color and earthy in flavor. The roe — a lobe-shaped egg sac — is a deep or-ange or red and rich in protein. Because shad is very bony, fishmongers present it boned and filleted.

Perhaps shad is most famed because, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, it “has been credited with saving George Washington’s troops from starvation as they camped along the Schuylkill River at Valley Forge.”

The preparation is simple. Heat several tablespoons of butter and olive oil in two non-stick pans. When the butter starts to foam, add to one pan the shad fillet, skin side down. After three minutes, turn the shad and then add the roe to the other pan. Cook the fish for a total of eight minutes. Turn the roe once for a total of five minutes. Be sure to not overcook the roe — leave a little pink in the center. Season with salt and pepper and serve with a lemon wedge. Wild rice makes a good accompaniment as it brings out the earthy flavor of both the shad and its roe.

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